Action Max

Manufactured by Worlds of Wonder
Released in 1987
Wikipedia Entry

VCR games that used light-gun technology were actually quite commonplace in the eighties.

According to Wikipedia, "The system required its owner to also have a VHS player, as the console did not have a way to play tapes itself. Using a light gun (or two for 2-player games) players would shoot at the screen. To make this work a red sensor first had to be connected to the television screen, which would flash a circle when something on the screen was targetable. The gaming was strictly point-based and dependent on shot accuracy. Players could not truly "lose" or "win" a game. This, along with the fact that the only real genre on the system were light gun games that played exactly the same way every time, greatly limited the system's appeal and led to its quick downfall."

Action Max commercial -

Below are some videos from the "Sonic Fury" game boxed with Action Max.